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sandy was one of the largest mass transit disasters in the nation's history. four out of ten of the nation's transit riders had their commuters disrupted. in my home state of new jersey, our public transportation network was completely devastated by sandy. the new jersey transit, which carries more than 900,000 riders daily suffered damage to all 12 of the rail lines. the electrical substations were destroyed, hundreds of cars and locomotives were submerged, some suffering damage. the past system that carries 77 million people between new jersey and manhattan each year was brought to a halt by the flooding. the call will -- station provide service to about 30 feet of people daily reopened to the public yesterday, more than a month and a half after sandy made landfall. to help illustrate how serious the flooding was, i would like to share this image from the past security cameras showing the sea water rushing into the hoboken station. where it carries more than 8 million riders each day, the damage was unprecedented. it shut down the entire nta system for only
sandy was one of the largest mass transit disasters in the nation's history. four out of ten of the nation's transit riders had their commuters disrupted. in my home state of new jersey, our public transportation network was completely devastated by sandy. the new jersey transit, which carries more than 900,000 riders daily suffered damage to all 12 of the rail lines. the electrical substations were destroyed, hundreds of cars and locomotives were submerged, some suffering damage. the past...
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once again i want to state we're not here trying to undermine funding for sandy, needed for sandy. some of the things the house did i think are legitimate in terms of saying let's set aside unrelated matters. it doesn't mean we cast them into the dust bin never to be seen again. it simply means let's let those that are not emergency situations be more carefully examined in terms of whether we need that. and if someone does come to the floor, as senator lee is going to do, is my understanding, and offers a potential offset, let's at least look at that possibility. the debt clock is ticking and ticking ever faster. and it is destroying the hopes and dreams of future generations. and i think we have a moral responsibility to at least be as conscious and effective with dealing with the taxpayers' dollars in terms of how they're spent, whether it's an emergency supplemental related to a disaster or whether it's just a normal appropriation that comes along every year through our appropriations process. we haven't exercised that kind of discipline, and our country is going to pay a very s
once again i want to state we're not here trying to undermine funding for sandy, needed for sandy. some of the things the house did i think are legitimate in terms of saying let's set aside unrelated matters. it doesn't mean we cast them into the dust bin never to be seen again. it simply means let's let those that are not emergency situations be more carefully examined in terms of whether we need that. and if someone does come to the floor, as senator lee is going to do, is my understanding,...
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disaster sandy-related disaster needs. the majority of the funding is designated emergency, because of budget control act exemption applies to needs are, and i quote, sudden, urgent, unforeseen, and temporary. end of quotes. i want to emphasize these two last points. my amendment contains no earmarks unlike the senate bill. my amendment strips down authorization language inserted in the senate. mr. chairman, i request you make this an order. and i look forward to answering any questions your members may vf me. >> thank you very much. i want to, once again, public address my thanks to you for not only making yourself available to me to have these discussions that were necessary, but actually for your leadership at the time when it was very critical. when perhaps things needed a push. perhaps some things needed to be done well. i think you're mature, thoughtful approach to this helping us to work through a difficult circumstance is one that needs to be publicly acknowledged. so you have a . >> i'd like to thank many of those
disaster sandy-related disaster needs. the majority of the funding is designated emergency, because of budget control act exemption applies to needs are, and i quote, sudden, urgent, unforeseen, and temporary. end of quotes. i want to emphasize these two last points. my amendment contains no earmarks unlike the senate bill. my amendment strips down authorization language inserted in the senate. mr. chairman, i request you make this an order. and i look forward to answering any questions your...
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four days before the sandy storm hit the east coast users who typed in terms like sandy, hurricane, high wind into google search started seeing official national weather service warning paying more information including maps, news, and how to stay safe. recently through a partnership with the national center for missing and exploited children we started publishing amber alerts. when you receive a message on your phone about child missing, ma the first thing you'll do is search for more information to see if you can help find them. would also build crisis that's what compile information from multiple sources into one single map of people no longer have to search across many websites. following the ultimate tornadoes, i can launch a crisis maps which included red cross shelters, post-disaster and other information. a second lesson that clouds hosting can be enhance the quality of dogmas of critical information. anyone can use google maps and services to create their own maps inescapably. because their open-source anyone can deploy, update and improve our tools. we have learned in some disa
four days before the sandy storm hit the east coast users who typed in terms like sandy, hurricane, high wind into google search started seeing official national weather service warning paying more information including maps, news, and how to stay safe. recently through a partnership with the national center for missing and exploited children we started publishing amber alerts. when you receive a message on your phone about child missing, ma the first thing you'll do is search for more...
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superstorm sandy hit new jersey hard. in our service territory, it took down 48,000 trees which impacted our distribution system. it destroyed 2400 utility poles, many of them are snapped like toothpicks. drove walls of water into 29th of our switching and substations, and damaged our gas lines and meters. over 40,000 of our gas customers were impacted, and almost 2 million of our electric customers lost power. restoration efforts were impeded by a forceful nor'easter that hit a week later. the impact of instruction and the complexity of the work to restore service made communications of all kinds a key component of the sandy recovery effort. before i discuss our social media expense can let me also note the importance of smart grid technology which enables utilities to obtain critical information that can help pin point problems and automate restoration of smart grid technology enhances our ability to communicate with our own system. it can dramatically shorten the time it takes to restore service in the aftermath of a s
superstorm sandy hit new jersey hard. in our service territory, it took down 48,000 trees which impacted our distribution system. it destroyed 2400 utility poles, many of them are snapped like toothpicks. drove walls of water into 29th of our switching and substations, and damaged our gas lines and meters. over 40,000 of our gas customers were impacted, and almost 2 million of our electric customers lost power. restoration efforts were impeded by a forceful nor'easter that hit a week later. the...
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it has now been almost six months since the horrible shooting in my state of connecticut in sandy hook, connecticut, where 20 6- and 7 olds lost their lives and another six adults protecting them perished as well. we all believed that we were going to do something about it on the floor of the senate. we thought we were going to come to our senses and finally realize the laws of this nation that allow for this kind of senseless killing whether it be in mass numbers in places like sandy hook or aurora or tucson, or in your state, madam president,, the sikh temple or in the everyday average gun violence that has become background noise to this nation. it is not just about bad people doing bad things. it is also about the laws of this nation that have allowed for this to happen because we don't have background checks on every gun purchase so the criminals do get guns. we still allow for dangerous military-style weapons like the ar-15 and hundred-round drums of ammunition to be carried on the streets of this country. we don't even have a federal law saying that it's illegal to traffic in gu
it has now been almost six months since the horrible shooting in my state of connecticut in sandy hook, connecticut, where 20 6- and 7 olds lost their lives and another six adults protecting them perished as well. we all believed that we were going to do something about it on the floor of the senate. we thought we were going to come to our senses and finally realize the laws of this nation that allow for this kind of senseless killing whether it be in mass numbers in places like sandy hook or...
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tomorrow the senate is expected to take up aid for victims of hurricane sandy. we will have live coverage on c-span2. while we wait for their return earlier today we spoke with a capitol hill reporter to taught at the opening day activities and changes the senate could face. >> the senior congressional reporter for politico. it's opening day for the 113th congress and we are hearing senate majority leader harry reid intends to keep the first legislative day going through most of this month. what is the goal? >> he wants to preserve the rights to change the filibuster rules by 51 votes. the reason why he's doing that is because of the first day of a legislative session is when you deal with the rules package, and then you have the option to purchase some changes by 51 vote majority. typically it requires 67 votes to do it. a very high threshold, it requires a lot of bipartisan support in order to change any senate rules, but there has been a very strong push by the band of mostly junior officers set up with the to gridlock and they blame it on the filibuster and
tomorrow the senate is expected to take up aid for victims of hurricane sandy. we will have live coverage on c-span2. while we wait for their return earlier today we spoke with a capitol hill reporter to taught at the opening day activities and changes the senate could face. >> the senior congressional reporter for politico. it's opening day for the 113th congress and we are hearing senate majority leader harry reid intends to keep the first legislative day going through most of this...
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superstorm sandy. and i know the next person i'm going to introduce will give you more details about where we stand. but let me just say as javier has mentioned, the people of new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania have waited two and a half months too long. and the effect of that wait is manyfold. it will take longer for the region to get back up on its feet, it will take longer for small businesses to open and operate again. but maybe most importantly, it will be longer for people to put their lives back together. and i'm talking both from physical damage, but certainly to mental anguish as well, some which i think we have yet to see the effects of. but we are acting today. it appears as though we will act today. it's my hope that we will act today. and i think in many respects we're led by the democratic caucus in insuring that the legislation pass today as well. democrats understand the needs of people, especially people who are victims of natural disaster, and the congress will stand t
superstorm sandy. and i know the next person i'm going to introduce will give you more details about where we stand. but let me just say as javier has mentioned, the people of new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania have waited two and a half months too long. and the effect of that wait is manyfold. it will take longer for the region to get back up on its feet, it will take longer for small businesses to open and operate again. but maybe most importantly, it will be longer for people...
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during the sandy storm for instance, there were 329 towns that get hit by sandy that were patched towns. most of the people in those towns got their information from patch. whether or not you like the idea or don't like the idea of patch, the fact that aol has taken the risk to really put very contrived a very good information in local towns and scale i think has been helpful to those communities. and our business patch has good tens of noise on wall street. the only noise were trying to great in the visit is to help human things locally. from the standpoint patch has done a remarkable job over all. with more work to do but i think -- >> you mentioned you need to get costs a little more in line. how do you -- the old age problem, how do you make money off of it? >> the average patch town runs under $150,000. the media market in the patch towns doesn't support other forms of media generally, eight to 20, $25 million, just add market. if you strip out houses and auto, it's about 350 million of disposable cash floating around. in our model, running patch profitably on a part-time basis sin
during the sandy storm for instance, there were 329 towns that get hit by sandy that were patched towns. most of the people in those towns got their information from patch. whether or not you like the idea or don't like the idea of patch, the fact that aol has taken the risk to really put very contrived a very good information in local towns and scale i think has been helpful to those communities. and our business patch has good tens of noise on wall street. the only noise were trying to great...
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the major work of helping the victims of sandy is still ahead of us. the bad news is that we even had to go through this dog and pony show in the first place. last month the senate passed a good, strong bill to help all victims of hurricane sandy, and the house simply could have taken it up and passed it. and in fact they promised to vote on a similar provision before the last congress ended. unfortunately, this changed at the last moment. we don't need to get into the why's right now. we just want it to happen, and we're worried that the second major portion of this relief bill will not get through the house in the form that it should. so we need the house to pass not only the $9 billion that they passed this morning, but the $5 # billion that -- but the $51 billion that contains the bulk of the aid that people need, without which we will not be able to recover. to be a bride and left at the altar once is bad enough. to be left twice would be unconscionable. so as i said, mr. president, this is a good step that we're going to pass this $9 billion floo
the major work of helping the victims of sandy is still ahead of us. the bad news is that we even had to go through this dog and pony show in the first place. last month the senate passed a good, strong bill to help all victims of hurricane sandy, and the house simply could have taken it up and passed it. and in fact they promised to vote on a similar provision before the last congress ended. unfortunately, this changed at the last moment. we don't need to get into the why's right now. we just...
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we can talk about how hard he fought for the victims of superstorm sandy this year. even in illness, came back to the senate to try to make sure that new jerseyans and all those who suffered from superstorm sandy were taken care of. or how he worked to make the patterson great falls a national park from his hometown that he loved so dearly. but above all, he was mr. transportation here in the senate, whether it was roads or bridges, airlines or the rail system, he believed in having the best and safest transportation system in the world. and when it comes to air travel, he was way ahead of his time when it comes to safety. let's not forget that it was frank lautenberg who ended the dangers of smoking on airlines so none of us would be subjected to sitting in an airplane cabin in a smoke-filled aircraft of the dangers of smoking on a plane. and today when i took the amtrak from newark to union station, i thought through most of that ride of frank. i remembered how many times he came to this floor to fight for america's railways, how much he believed in the importance
we can talk about how hard he fought for the victims of superstorm sandy this year. even in illness, came back to the senate to try to make sure that new jerseyans and all those who suffered from superstorm sandy were taken care of. or how he worked to make the patterson great falls a national park from his hometown that he loved so dearly. but above all, he was mr. transportation here in the senate, whether it was roads or bridges, airlines or the rail system, he believed in having the best...
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sandy hook was a safe school in a safe town. candidly, it was inconceivable that such a tragedy could happen there, but it did. i can't exaggerate how this senseless murder of 20 beautiful young children and six incredibly brave adults affected me and millions around this country. i think it's fair to say that this event really shocked the conscience of america. the pictures of these little victims still bring tears to the eyes of millions. i have been very impressed with one page of the "new york daily news," and i carry it when i talk to people trying to get their votes. some say no. and i look at this picture of these smiling faces. and in the middle, "shame on us." this was the cover of the "new york daily news." and i think it carries the message of what we are trying to do here. and i hope to show that during the time i speak. i think despair that we all felt for some of us has changed to determination. and this amendment, i believe, over time will finally begin to address not only the wanton brutal violence, but the weapo
sandy hook was a safe school in a safe town. candidly, it was inconceivable that such a tragedy could happen there, but it did. i can't exaggerate how this senseless murder of 20 beautiful young children and six incredibly brave adults affected me and millions around this country. i think it's fair to say that this event really shocked the conscience of america. the pictures of these little victims still bring tears to the eyes of millions. i have been very impressed with one page of the...
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it has already been three months since hurricane sandy. if this lee amendment is adopted, it will be delayed further. i strongly oppose the lee amendment and i want to talk a minute more about why and i'm going to turn it over to senator schumer and others on the floor. we should not use disasters as an excuse to push ideology. and that's, i'm afraid, what the other side is doing. they want to look for any excuse to cut the budget. i want to say again, we've already cut this budget by $1.5 trillion. and i want to say for the 11th, 12th, 13th final, we're never going to cut our way to a balanced budget. i want my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to hear it. we're not going to cut our way to a balanced budget. it is going to be a combination of revenue increases and reductions -- and cuts, which i'm all for. and the last negotiation that we did was exactly that, that president biden -- president -- vice president biden and president obama negotiated, a combination of revenues and reductions. all the lee amendment does is reduce agai
it has already been three months since hurricane sandy. if this lee amendment is adopted, it will be delayed further. i strongly oppose the lee amendment and i want to talk a minute more about why and i'm going to turn it over to senator schumer and others on the floor. we should not use disasters as an excuse to push ideology. and that's, i'm afraid, what the other side is doing. they want to look for any excuse to cut the budget. i want to say again, we've already cut this budget by $1.5...
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we can reduce the chances that at sandy hook will happen. these parents just can't understand the casual willingness of this body to turn our backs on a chance to make sure that that kind of loss doesn't happen to more parents. to them, that would be truly unnatural. i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: before i speak on this bill, i would like to ask unanimous consent about detailees being on the floor here during the debate so i ask unanimous consent that mike lotus, paul casey and stefan -- steven sewell have floor privileges during the remainder of the 113th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: i ask consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment and ask for its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report weu8 report -- will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from iowa, mr. glals, propose amendment numbered 725. mr. grassley: that cons students the reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. m
we can reduce the chances that at sandy hook will happen. these parents just can't understand the casual willingness of this body to turn our backs on a chance to make sure that that kind of loss doesn't happen to more parents. to them, that would be truly unnatural. i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: before i speak on this bill, i would like to ask unanimous consent about detailees being on the floor here during the debate so i ask unanimous consent that...
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we heard the herculean efforts that took place in bonds to hurricane sandy. we have seen how jurisdictions have dealt with a change in legislation in the last minute and the variances in our voting systems over the last few years. but i think what we need to do is to define where it is we're trying to get in the future, and begin to build coalition. we've got some great examples again from the experience in new york and new jersey as well some work we've done in california that there is a willingness to collaborate amongst stakeholders groups, hamas election protection, the league of women voters, language assistant groups, disability groups. if we can come together and define the buddha the problem and define where we want to be in the future so that we know when we're developing voting systems what standards those voting systems in the future need to be built for. so we know when we're trying to decide how to deal with the long lines, have we actually asked a question about whether not people should be in line at all. and those types of things. and two exam
we heard the herculean efforts that took place in bonds to hurricane sandy. we have seen how jurisdictions have dealt with a change in legislation in the last minute and the variances in our voting systems over the last few years. but i think what we need to do is to define where it is we're trying to get in the future, and begin to build coalition. we've got some great examples again from the experience in new york and new jersey as well some work we've done in california that there is a...
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my family has been keeping you and be all of the people affected by this tragedy at sandy hook in our thoughts and in our prayers. we're all interested in insuring safe school environment for all of our kids. >> thank you, governor. and i agree. whatever our ideas on how to prevent these unthinkable tragedies in the future, we fervently share the absolute honest commitment to protect and care for the citizens and now, of course, especially for our children. again, thank you, governors. turning to our agenda, i begin by saying that even in recent years when state budgets have been stressed by the great recession, governors have recognized that failure to responsibly and adequately invest in our children's education would be penny wise and pound foolish. educating our students and preparing them for the future work force is paramount to building a healthy society and a strong economy and a nation ready for the competition we're in. in connecticut education is one of our top priorities, and we have enacted significant reforms and made significant new investments in both k-12 and higher e
my family has been keeping you and be all of the people affected by this tragedy at sandy hook in our thoughts and in our prayers. we're all interested in insuring safe school environment for all of our kids. >> thank you, governor. and i agree. whatever our ideas on how to prevent these unthinkable tragedies in the future, we fervently share the absolute honest commitment to protect and care for the citizens and now, of course, especially for our children. again, thank you, governors....
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we have $5.3 billion through the sandy supplemental that will go to the core to prepare sandy sandy-related damage and mitigate against other damage if we have another storm with the same intensity of sandy. that is a lot of money. will that not give the opportunity to see how the core can work through a process when the funding stream is guaranteed , and at least in this particular case for five-year island -- fire island, the local cost share in the federal government will take 100% of the cost share so that will give a mechanism or a living example to see how the process works when it is adequately funded and that we also have an opportunity with katrina which we've gotten an awful lot done in a short period of time. >> the three things that we had was full federal funding and abbreviated commitment from the nation to get it done in a short amount of time. >> i guess what i'm saying is we want to make sure we keep our eye on the ball that we are all talking about regulatory agencies and 21 steps, and by the way i don't mean to diminish the importance but we could eliminate all of that an
we have $5.3 billion through the sandy supplemental that will go to the core to prepare sandy sandy-related damage and mitigate against other damage if we have another storm with the same intensity of sandy. that is a lot of money. will that not give the opportunity to see how the core can work through a process when the funding stream is guaranteed , and at least in this particular case for five-year island -- fire island, the local cost share in the federal government will take 100% of the...
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we lost several hundred people in sandy. so we understand what's happening, and we're doing everything we can. this flood insurance bill that never passed the senate -- and i'm not sure it passed the house, but it did come out of both committees, different versions of it, and now it's known as biggert-waters, known as biggert-waters, i understand congresswoman waters is no longer a member of congress -- biggert is gone, waters is here. biggert is gone, waters is here. so the bill was pushed as a way -- and i understand the importance of getting the flood insurance program on a financially sound footing. we most certainly don't expect all the people of america to subsidize coastal communities some of which may be second homes, etc. but in my communities, we're not talking about second homes. we're not talking about vacation properties in large measure. we're talking about primary homes. of fishermen, of dockworkers, of people that work on the river, of boat captains, of, you know, these industries, the oil and gas industry, t
we lost several hundred people in sandy. so we understand what's happening, and we're doing everything we can. this flood insurance bill that never passed the senate -- and i'm not sure it passed the house, but it did come out of both committees, different versions of it, and now it's known as biggert-waters, known as biggert-waters, i understand congresswoman waters is no longer a member of congress -- biggert is gone, waters is here. biggert is gone, waters is here. so the bill was pushed as...
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as sandy said you don't lose shuttle's. something is bad. so i had to get into the office fairly quickly. and on the way they're of course we had the reports of the breakup occurring in the sky over texas. we set up a room on the sixth floor. a deputy administrator gregory had come in and a lot of folks of course had come in that weekend and we had a crisis response plan set up for the notifications and coordination said several of the earlier speakers have mentioned to read this was created after the challenger accident and this was something we were grateful for in the organization for the first few weeks after the event. the plan only took you so far but in terms of providing a structured organization, initially it was very important to have those contingency plans in place. the next few days and weeks one of the immediate issues that came to my attention, those in the headquarters was the damage on the ground, the effect of a global community is we have schools the proposed and roads that were blocked and local police forces guarding the
as sandy said you don't lose shuttle's. something is bad. so i had to get into the office fairly quickly. and on the way they're of course we had the reports of the breakup occurring in the sky over texas. we set up a room on the sixth floor. a deputy administrator gregory had come in and a lot of folks of course had come in that weekend and we had a crisis response plan set up for the notifications and coordination said several of the earlier speakers have mentioned to read this was created...
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the reason why i'm calling is because i moved here recently because of hurricane sandy. and i just wanted to know whether or not the people in that red state will hold the republican as feet to the fire and make sure they do their jobs or whether they're going to hold up funding while the hard-earning taxpayer dollars are held up in the house like they did sandy? >> host: okay. so, what, you think, there should be no scrutiny of the money, robert? that it should be just given out? >> caller: it is imperative. you can see it, the, you can see the disaster. you know, it's, it should be funded and followed so to the people on the ground. >> host: okay. what is the best way to do that in your opinion? give it to the states? >> caller: i think it should go to, to the local government and, it should be fun they would, local government. that's what i think is important. >> host: okay. all right, robert. on president obama addressing the nation, here is "usa today" story by jackson. president will speak after receiving update on the response to the natural disaster that claimed
the reason why i'm calling is because i moved here recently because of hurricane sandy. and i just wanted to know whether or not the people in that red state will hold the republican as feet to the fire and make sure they do their jobs or whether they're going to hold up funding while the hard-earning taxpayer dollars are held up in the house like they did sandy? >> host: okay. so, what, you think, there should be no scrutiny of the money, robert? that it should be just given out?...
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laws, improving gun safety, and providing federal resources for new jersey to rebuild from hurricane sandy, we owed frank and his memory to make sure those things are done. i know, the bob men will pick up the thought and proceed to carry-on in frank's name. he used to say with some pride he was success in business and he was. and he understood the mind of businessman. but he never ever lost touch with the common man, and people who counted on him in new jersey and around the united states. the united states senate is going miss frank lautenberg. i'm going miss a great pal. i'm going miss one of the best dinner companions you ever dream of in washington, d.c. we are going to together wednesday in new york for a memorial service. i'm sure it's going widely attended. frank can a -- did a lot of things for a lot of people over the course of his years in public service. i'm going miss him. >>> a live look outside the east front of the u.s. capitol. and waiting for the casket of senator lautenberg to be removed from the senate chambers. it's been there since 2:00 this afternoon lying in repose.
laws, improving gun safety, and providing federal resources for new jersey to rebuild from hurricane sandy, we owed frank and his memory to make sure those things are done. i know, the bob men will pick up the thought and proceed to carry-on in frank's name. he used to say with some pride he was success in business and he was. and he understood the mind of businessman. but he never ever lost touch with the common man, and people who counted on him in new jersey and around the united states. the...
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-- super storm sandy. i know that his friend and close colleague from new jersey will pick up on that and proceed to carry on in his name to the he used to say with some pride he was a success in business and he was and he understood the mind of businessmen but he never lost touch with the common man and people who counted on him in new jersey and around the united states. the senate is going to miss frank lautenberg. i'm going to miss a great pal and one of the best companions you could ever dream of here in washington, d.c.. we are going to join together in wednesday in new york for a memorial service to be a i'm sure it is going to be widely attended because he did a lot things for a lot of people over the course of his years in public service. i'm going to miss him. some attribute speeches to senator frank lautenberg who died monday at the age of 89. we are live now outside the u.s. senate chamber. this is the plaza and outside of the senate, the northeast plaza as the color bar is waiting for the arri
-- super storm sandy. i know that his friend and close colleague from new jersey will pick up on that and proceed to carry on in his name to the he used to say with some pride he was a success in business and he was and he understood the mind of businessmen but he never lost touch with the common man and people who counted on him in new jersey and around the united states. the senate is going to miss frank lautenberg. i'm going to miss a great pal and one of the best companions you could ever...
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in reclaiming my time, i'd say when you get a nerd from ohio and a farmer from big sandy, montana, together, of course you're going to get a very good amendment. the bottom line, though, is simple. that amendment is in the list that the leader suggested. every one of the 17 republican amendments was part of that list of 36. and so the bottom line is, and now hundreds of more amendments -- you know, or many more amendments have been filed. and just talking about the amendment, look, vie everify isn the bill. i would not quite agree with my colleague from arizona. everify will work very well without the amendment. i think it will work somewhat better with the amendment. it's a good amendment. i'm supportive of the amendment. my staff helped work on the amendment. but let's not say that this bill will have no internal enforcement without the amendment. it has very strong internal enforcement. in fact, it has mandatory everify. my good friend from alabama has been railing that we need mandatory everify in the country for years. and as we work through the process, if the house, in its wisdom, mo
in reclaiming my time, i'd say when you get a nerd from ohio and a farmer from big sandy, montana, together, of course you're going to get a very good amendment. the bottom line, though, is simple. that amendment is in the list that the leader suggested. every one of the 17 republican amendments was part of that list of 36. and so the bottom line is, and now hundreds of more amendments -- you know, or many more amendments have been filed. and just talking about the amendment, look, vie everify...
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it's about flood control, so that we don't have more hurricane sandies. so that we make those improvements in flood control. it is about ports, it is about 500,000 jobs, it is about restoring the everglades in my friend's home state -- what a beautiful spot that i say to my friend; it is about restoring chesapeake bay. it is not about the i.r.s. scandal. and let me just say, i couldn't agree more with my friend. anyone who would play politics at the i.r.s. is doing a disservice to this nation. and i'm happy to look at this law. they ought to be canned. the and i want to ask unanimouse i.r.s. into a church in my state, in my state, in the district of adam schiff, an democrats and republicans, this was the all saints church, asked for investigations into this and this is from 2505. i'd ask unanimous consent to place this into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: aimed ask unanimous consent to place into the record an article that talks about the investigation of the naacp, which was involved with the i.r.s. in 2006. this is a co
it's about flood control, so that we don't have more hurricane sandies. so that we make those improvements in flood control. it is about ports, it is about 500,000 jobs, it is about restoring the everglades in my friend's home state -- what a beautiful spot that i say to my friend; it is about restoring chesapeake bay. it is not about the i.r.s. scandal. and let me just say, i couldn't agree more with my friend. anyone who would play politics at the i.r.s. is doing a disservice to this nation....
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almost 8,000 people have died since the tragedy in sandy hook, and this body has done nothing to stop it. it is commonsense legislation before this senate which says if you have a criminal history you shouldn't be able to buy a gun no matter where you buy it. at a gun show, online. we've had bipartisan legislation on the floor saying you know what? it should be a crime to buy a whole mess load of guns from a gun store and then go out and intentionally sell them to criminals. we can't get that passed either. we even vied to say let's just beef up our mental health system, make sure that people who have a serious mental illness get the treatment they need so that they don't resort to violence, the very few who do. thag will that was part of the bill that we couldn't get passed. and so, mr. president, i'm going to continue to come down to the floor to give voices to these victims, to talk about the real people, the stories behind the doddsens of people that are killed every day by guns in this country, the 8,000 people who have been killed since sandy hook. we're going to make a really,
almost 8,000 people have died since the tragedy in sandy hook, and this body has done nothing to stop it. it is commonsense legislation before this senate which says if you have a criminal history you shouldn't be able to buy a gun no matter where you buy it. at a gun show, online. we've had bipartisan legislation on the floor saying you know what? it should be a crime to buy a whole mess load of guns from a gun store and then go out and intentionally sell them to criminals. we can't get that...
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we can no longer watch all these devastating things like sandy and these fires in the west and just think it's happening just because it's happening. it is happening because we have to do something to stop, stop the ravages of climate changing. [applause] and there is far too little said about this. okay. over here. >> hi, there, senator. i don't mean to be glib. i just, my name is liz mcconnell and i want you to know that in this country there are mcconnells who will try to dot right thing. [applause] >> okay. one more question here. [laughter] >> senator, you being a wise, knowledgeable man, what should people like us be doing in order to have politically valuable input into, the arena we might not usually think of, something you might be able to tell us to do that might help us push you areour causes further and have productive careers throughout the rest of our lives? [applause] >> first of all, you're here recognizing there are things that have to be done in our country. we're in this, anything you do in life you can't stand still. you either go forward or we go backwards. in spite o
we can no longer watch all these devastating things like sandy and these fires in the west and just think it's happening just because it's happening. it is happening because we have to do something to stop, stop the ravages of climate changing. [applause] and there is far too little said about this. okay. over here. >> hi, there, senator. i don't mean to be glib. i just, my name is liz mcconnell and i want you to know that in this country there are mcconnells who will try to dot right...
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don't think that we should forget the good work that's been done by atf in the last few months, with sandy hook and the investigation after boston how the terrorists were apprehended and also what happened in west texas which was a horrible tragedy and explosion and atf was right there on the front line figuring out what went wrong. and as i also pointed dealt day in and day out there are cases you don't hear about on the news where the solutions are found and investigations are conducted. so, that is the last part of course would be the whistleblower case in minnesota. i know that person and have respect for him and i know there can be this agreements cannot i'm glad this is going into the mediation. this is important. but when you look at all of this together i think anyone in law enforcement would be able to find a series of problems within agencies. and i think when you have to look at is what has mr. jones done since he took over in atf? is that worthy of marriage and for other nominees decades from now to the level to show that if someone comes in and is willing to take that responsi
don't think that we should forget the good work that's been done by atf in the last few months, with sandy hook and the investigation after boston how the terrorists were apprehended and also what happened in west texas which was a horrible tragedy and explosion and atf was right there on the front line figuring out what went wrong. and as i also pointed dealt day in and day out there are cases you don't hear about on the news where the solutions are found and investigations are conducted. so,...
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unfortunately, leadership opportunity that partly has a genesis in the tragedy of hurricane sandy and will come back to the specifics there. the -- we, obviously, saw the devastation of the region's critical infrastructures, energy infrastructures, the effects on the energy infrastructures were amplified by the interdependencies of the infrastructures such as electricity goes out, turns out, getting fuels was tough, and, frankly, that's an example of something that was not fully appreciated until the experience occurred. in that event, which it's hard to remember. it was less than a year ago. it seems a long time. [inaudible conversations] okay, great, okay. the -- the president, certainly, started a strong response with a kind of no red tape edict that put the full force of the federal government behind the region's response, critical was strong collaboration with the states, the governors, and other leaders. he put together a multiagency task force working together under the leadership of the hud secretary, shawn donovan, and i think since that time, the administration maintained it
unfortunately, leadership opportunity that partly has a genesis in the tragedy of hurricane sandy and will come back to the specifics there. the -- we, obviously, saw the devastation of the region's critical infrastructures, energy infrastructures, the effects on the energy infrastructures were amplified by the interdependencies of the infrastructures such as electricity goes out, turns out, getting fuels was tough, and, frankly, that's an example of something that was not fully appreciated...
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i explained how i learned about sandy hook. i had actually just come from an elementary school, where we were getting our kids a tour. we are in the process of moving, and we can't limit dollars for lunch and look at the tv and i saw was going on, and my kids are sitting right underneath. i talked a little bit about what i felt, if they would just opened up the show the messages of support and sympathy from all around the country. and i wouldn't change a thing that we did that night. you don't have to be quiet right away. but you can show respect for your fellow americans, for those who are grieving. you can show that, courtesy. you can have that human decency. at least i think that they can. i thought that they could. may be. because we sure didn't see that. and we really haven't seen it. and it's been this way maybe longer than we think. i'll give you another example. as an -- there's an author is a new book out, essays on villains called i wear the black cat, and has an essay what he's talking about, he was on twitter when t
i explained how i learned about sandy hook. i had actually just come from an elementary school, where we were getting our kids a tour. we are in the process of moving, and we can't limit dollars for lunch and look at the tv and i saw was going on, and my kids are sitting right underneath. i talked a little bit about what i felt, if they would just opened up the show the messages of support and sympathy from all around the country. and i wouldn't change a thing that we did that night. you don't...
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she has worked around the clock to respond to natural disasters from the johnson tornado to hurricane sandy. helping americans recover and rebuild. since day one janet has led my administration's efforts to secure our borders, deploying a historic number of resources while also taking steps to make our immigration system more fair and more consistent with our values but the president went on to say and the american people are safer and more secure, thanks to janice leadership and protecting our homeland against terrorist attacks. i have come to rely on janet's judgment and advice but i've also come to value her friendship as she begins a new chapter in a remarkable career of public service, i wish you the best of luck. that again a statement released today from president obama. questions about the dispute in the senate over the filibuster over the presence executive nominees and we had a chance earlier today to speak with a capital the reporter the subject subject. >> here to tell us more and explain how we've gotten to this point is political scene a congressional reporter joining us on th
she has worked around the clock to respond to natural disasters from the johnson tornado to hurricane sandy. helping americans recover and rebuild. since day one janet has led my administration's efforts to secure our borders, deploying a historic number of resources while also taking steps to make our immigration system more fair and more consistent with our values but the president went on to say and the american people are safer and more secure, thanks to janice leadership and protecting our...
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one of the things we can do, doesn't matter if you look at hurricane sandy, doesn't matter if you're looking at katrina, or some of the blackouts and brownouts we have had, when you look at billions of dollars in losses and cost to systems and to customers, it is easy to see why we need to go down this road. but, and i'm going to close with this and then i'm going to bring the panel on, the one thing that we can not lose sight of in this because i can tell you from my experience in this industry as a state commissioner, as a federal commissioner, as a practicing lawyer, someone who spent a decade with fortune 500, actually with chris's company, i can tell you that cost matters. if we can solve our problems, perhaps through software that might be less expensive than hardware, then probably we should look that way but we do have to have a focus on cost. and again that is one of the parameters that the bpcc has put in here that we need to look at. we need to understand going forward we do it correctly and mitigate the risks and understand cost to consumers and there must be a balance be
one of the things we can do, doesn't matter if you look at hurricane sandy, doesn't matter if you're looking at katrina, or some of the blackouts and brownouts we have had, when you look at billions of dollars in losses and cost to systems and to customers, it is easy to see why we need to go down this road. but, and i'm going to close with this and then i'm going to bring the panel on, the one thing that we can not lose sight of in this because i can tell you from my experience in this...
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larks improving gun safety and providing federal resources from new jersey to rebuild from superstorm sandy. we owe it to frank and in his memory to make sure those things are to be. i know that bob menendez, his friend and close colleague from new jersey, will pick up that gauntlet and proceed to carry on in frank's frame. frank's -- in francs naivment he used to say that avenues success in business. he was. and he understood the mind of the businessman. but he never, ever lost touch with the common man and people who counted on him in new jersey and around the united states. the united states senate is going to miss frank lautenberg. i'm going to miss a great pal. i am going to miss one of the best dinner companions you could ever dream up in washington, d.c. we're going to join together wednesday up in new york for a memorial service. i'm sure it will be widely attended because frank did a lot of things for a lot of people over the course of his years in public service. i'm going to miss him. mr. president, i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the
larks improving gun safety and providing federal resources from new jersey to rebuild from superstorm sandy. we owe it to frank and in his memory to make sure those things are to be. i know that bob menendez, his friend and close colleague from new jersey, will pick up that gauntlet and proceed to carry on in frank's frame. frank's -- in francs naivment he used to say that avenues success in business. he was. and he understood the mind of the businessman. but he never, ever lost touch with the...
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one of the things we can do, doesn't matter if you look at hurricane sandy, doesn't matter if you look at katrina, or the blackout and brownout we have had. when you look at be the l of -- billions of dollars involved in the losdzs -- losses, the cost system, and customers. it's easy to see why we need to go down this road. but -- i'm going to close with this and then i'm going bring the panel on. the one thing we cannot lose site of in this, i can tell you from my experience in this industry, as a stake commissioner, as a federal commissioner, as a practicing lawyer, someone who spent a decade with a fortunate 500, chris' company. i can tell you that cost matters. if we can solve our problems, frop perhaps through software that might be less expensive than hardware probably we should look that way. we need understand as we go forward we do it correctly, we mitigate the risk. we understand the cost to consumers. there must be a balance between the benefits there; right? we're going do that. having said that, i'm not going read through everyone's bio. you have them in the packet, but th
one of the things we can do, doesn't matter if you look at hurricane sandy, doesn't matter if you look at katrina, or the blackout and brownout we have had. when you look at be the l of -- billions of dollars involved in the losdzs -- losses, the cost system, and customers. it's easy to see why we need to go down this road. but -- i'm going to close with this and then i'm going bring the panel on. the one thing we cannot lose site of in this, i can tell you from my experience in this industry,...
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secretary donovan was recently tapped to oversee the hurricane sandy recovery in the northeast. h.u.d.'s yearly budget is nearly $38 billion. secretary donovan would understand the importance of oversight and transparency -- secretary donovan should understand the importance of oversight and transparency to combat waste, fraud and abuse. i have my doubts, though, because while i have seen dozens of letters -- i have sent dozens of letters to h.u.d., the secretary has not signed a single reply. the responses i do receive are often months late and don't answer some of my most pressing concerns. instantly. last august, i sent a letter requesting information on conference spending and employee bonuses. h.u.d. provided no conference spending documents, instead urging me to review a list of inspector general audit reports. my staff has reviewed these audit reports, but none of the audit reports provide a comprehensive review of conference spending. more frustrating is that the response never referenced bonus spending at all. it seems that oversight and transparency then are not high s
secretary donovan was recently tapped to oversee the hurricane sandy recovery in the northeast. h.u.d.'s yearly budget is nearly $38 billion. secretary donovan would understand the importance of oversight and transparency -- secretary donovan should understand the importance of oversight and transparency to combat waste, fraud and abuse. i have my doubts, though, because while i have seen dozens of letters -- i have sent dozens of letters to h.u.d., the secretary has not signed a single reply....
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speeches followed at 4:30 with debate on a disaster aid spending bill for those affected by hurricane sandy. live gavel-to-gavel coverage here on c-span2. >> now, investment manager and former rick santorum supporter foster freiss reflecting on the 2012 presidential election, gay marriage and the future of the republican party. this event was hosted by the christian science monitor in washington d.c. [inaudible conversations] >> okay, here we go. i'm dave cook from the monitor. thanks for coming. our guest this morning is foster freiss who is visiting our fair city from his home in jackson, wyoming. he's accompanied by one of his advisers, matthew taylor. our guest was born in rice lake, wisconsin, and earned his degree in business administration at the university of wisconsin where he met his wife, lynn. he served two years as an army intelligence officer and then founded freiss associates, an investment firm whose brandywine fund was wildly successful. he sold controlling interest in the firm in 2001 but remains as chairman of freiss associates. in recent years he's focused on philanthrop
speeches followed at 4:30 with debate on a disaster aid spending bill for those affected by hurricane sandy. live gavel-to-gavel coverage here on c-span2. >> now, investment manager and former rick santorum supporter foster freiss reflecting on the 2012 presidential election, gay marriage and the future of the republican party. this event was hosted by the christian science monitor in washington d.c. [inaudible conversations] >> okay, here we go. i'm dave cook from the monitor....
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or hurricane sandy was significant, and it's something that a i think as we look to the future figuring out how to capture the goodness that comes from new versions of philanthropy will be key. i'm going to ask jane to think about a good example of an ongoing project that they're undertaking in job -- joplin to give us a sense of how they're moving forward. i like her phrase of not look around, but looking forward. before she goes into that, i'd like to ask if any of you have further questions. if we could -- um, that lady back there and this woman up here, and then we can have them answer. thanks. >> my name is abby, and i work with interaction which is a coalition of international -- u.s.-based international humanitarian assistance and development ngos, and thank you all for your presentations. and what struck me a lot about your definitions of resilience is that everyone had a different definition particularly within the government if you looked at usaid policy on resilience, they have a whole other different definition of what they would say resilience is. and bringing me to my ques
or hurricane sandy was significant, and it's something that a i think as we look to the future figuring out how to capture the goodness that comes from new versions of philanthropy will be key. i'm going to ask jane to think about a good example of an ongoing project that they're undertaking in job -- joplin to give us a sense of how they're moving forward. i like her phrase of not look around, but looking forward. before she goes into that, i'd like to ask if any of you have further questions....
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the other thing is like on sandy, to get that through, $1 billion, we have to put 10 billions of pork in their for all the people who want to add on. that's just telling us. i'll hang up and hear your answer. >> guest: a whole bunch of points in the but i guess the overarching theme of his call was how do we reinstate fiscal sanity into washington, d.c. he's right, the president has continued on his tour talking about all the new programs that he would like to have icky doesn't really say how he would pay for them, save for the fact is willing to raise tax on the other day which is always easy do. i will gladly accept a new programs myself if i can raise taxes on you. that's not going to work. we are already at near record highs as far as records of gdp when it comes to taxes. what we need is bobby with a blunt who is watching this program does, and that is to live within our means. we are in a city right now, this business can't spend more than it takes in. i can't in my budget. your colors at home can't be that as well. washington has been doing that for way too long, spending more
the other thing is like on sandy, to get that through, $1 billion, we have to put 10 billions of pork in their for all the people who want to add on. that's just telling us. i'll hang up and hear your answer. >> guest: a whole bunch of points in the but i guess the overarching theme of his call was how do we reinstate fiscal sanity into washington, d.c. he's right, the president has continued on his tour talking about all the new programs that he would like to have icky doesn't really say...